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Hulu is giving users much better control over recommendations and watch history

Hulu is launching a refresh of its mobile app over the next week. The update will give subscribers finer control over the way the streaming service presents recommendations and suggested shows. Users will be able to tell Hulu to stop suggesting content they have zero interest in watching. “You’ll be able to tell us when our recommendations in your Home experience don’t hit the mark,” Richard Irving, Hulu’s VP of product, said in a blog post. “By selecting this action, you’ll remove the series, movie or sports league from being recommended to you again.”

If you want to go a step further, now you’ll be able to remove items from your viewing history, too. When that happens, Hulu’s recommendation engine will essentially forget that you — or…